davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-02-05


improvements are being inaugurated
and pushed forward at Ceutreton.
William Bell IS about to put up il can
ming factory aud d shoe factory with
$4,000 capital is expected 0 to 60 IN
to operation.
The Cumberland county peach grow
ers have a. pointed Commissioners 10
visit Maryland and Delaware To iaye@+-
irate the working OF The peach eE-
change system there Wi,h aviaw Of es-
tablishng ii la Cumberland county,
The city Of Bridgeton is HOW light d
by electricity. Sixty lamps having heen
put ia operation.
The G-loleesttr Iron Works, which
have bren idle for 1he past ten weeks.
RESUMED operations Tuesday,
The cid cou,t boase building al
Woodbury. IS 80 be sqid az pooi'e @'le.
Mr.. G. &. G,eep, Of Woodbury., iFa
sold lds steam yacht 20 Ne~ Nolk par
lies.
The measles are epidemic now ~
Camden, but Of a mild uue. 10
deaths from The alIment have as set
been reported
The only county in tlr Sta m
where there is sufficient o m the
4 schools for all the childreu Of school
age is Cap MAY, where there ara :, i32
4 children and school recommendation for
1852,
AIexande Gould colored, employed
by Dr.. Henry Elmer, OF Bridgetou, on
saturday night met sis wife, who lives
as a servant With Dr. kirby, wtha
coiored man, Nhu hot words % led
to blows, and Ms. Gould was knocked
down by her husband who drew a ne
yolyer and began driug at her ono
ball entered her head ahoye the eye and
lodged in hel neck, iufiicting a painful
but not dangerous wound. Goold then
fled, aud upon arriving al bis room dt
tempted to knl himself by shooting
but only succeeded in infIicting titre'
slight wounds GA his neck. lie wa;
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-02-05
Woodbury. TaiIEimgs

Brazi ian Balm cure i2e&fness - Zoe
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-02-05
AsslGNEE's NOTICE 70 CREDITORS.

) K. Leap Auct.
w. ). Springer Clerk.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-02-05
LOCALS.
yENDUEs.

Feb. 8. w. j. Semple, at ForKeo
Hickory.
Eeb II. James P. Butler q Son IN
PennsgrOve.
Feb. 16. Leonard stanton, = miles
Glow Pennsgroye.
Feb. %. Alfred Springer in oidma'is
ownship.
Fab. "a, John Featherer, 3 miles De-
low peunscrove, on Pennsville ROAD.
Feb. 25. Benz. MoIlet, PennsgroVe'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-23
Frances War Pigeons.

General Boulanger, the French War
Minister, has recently given prizes to
the best trainers of carrier pigeons in the
Department of the Seine. Pigeon-train-
ing in France has become branch of the
military service, and plenty of we'll
trained birds are to be found in the costly
and beautiful little establishments that
have been built for them. They arc
furnished with modern Improvements and
luxuries that vulgar and ignorant pigeons
could never appreciate. Among the
pigeons now in the possession of the
Government are several veterans of the
siege of Paris, and one among them is a
genuine old hero. In 1870 this bird was
taken up in the Paris balloon called
Niepce, and was captured by the
Prussians. Prince Frederick Charles
sent him as a present to his mother, the
Princess Charles of Prussia, who put him
among her own collection of birds, where
he was treated with all possible kindness.
But he was patriot. The bitter bread
of exile did not agree with him. He
flew away and reached his home in o
pigcon-house in the Boulevard Clichy.
The owner of this establishment handed
him over to the military authorities, and
he is now once more in the service of his
native country, and doubtless hopes to
win additional glory in the future.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-23
The Milkmen Of Naples.

In a review of Mr.. Lee Meriwether's
book, "Tramp Trip" the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette says: AS milk IS sup
piled direct from the COW in Naples, the
visitor regards the milkmen as exception
al types of innocence. But mark the dis
covery of this sharp-eyed observer:
"It happened" he relates, "that when
I came across my cow-men one day he
was milking for an italian. I was sur
prised when I saw the Italian suddenly
step up and squeeze the cow-man's arm,
and still more surprised when, as a result,
I saw a stream of water squirt from the
cow-man's sleeve. mentioned this &C
cident to the American Consul, who told
me that it was quite a common trick.
Cow-mcn keep bag of water under their
coats, letting it down into the milk
through a rubber tube concealed in the
sleeve. When detected he shrugs his
shoulders and says nothing"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-23
Bill Nye on Etiquette.

Whenever am invited to any large
doings where fair women and brave men
in their other clothes are apt to congre-
gate, 1 always inquire if there is to be
any etiquette there. The presence of
etiquette at IN otherwise happy gather
ing has frequently debarrcd me from at
tending, and compelled me to spend the
evening with my family, where l could
lay aside all restraint and my coat.
So, the life of President, fraught as
it is with the most virulent and malig-
nant form of etiquette, would possess no
charms for me, and am not surprised
that the boys of America refuse to rise as
one man and be President, fearing very
naturally that some time at State din
ner they might get the great men mixed
up and the error telegraphed and cabled
right and left, or at some other official
festival and hurrah to plcnipotentiary
the wrong place might be assigned to the
delegate -at-large from Farther India, and
the wife of the clergyman from Sweden
find herself drinking from the mustache
cup that properly belonged to the minis
fer from Nova Scotia.
lam sure am not pessimistic or any
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-23
A Bad Custom.

It's bad custom when physicians
prescriptions are discontinued bya pa
ticnt to store away the remnants in vialS
and boxes. Preparations carefully COM
pounded for special cases and conditions
may become absolutely injurious by lapse
of time, and, under certain circumstances,
some artic .cs change their character by
being kept in small quantities. There are
a few simple preparations whlch may be
kept in the house, though even of these
the fewer kept the better. But of all
things iniudicious, among the most SO is
the giving to one person, without medical
advice, the medicine prescribed for an
other. 1t would seem in some families
that the members consider themselves as
residuary lcgatces, entitled to appropriate
all the remaindcrs of the doses prescribed
for relative by a physician after his WIS.,
its are discontinued .--PhHad<lphia Ledger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-23
For Weak Women.

Mrs Lydia E. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. /:
"About the first Ct September, 1881, my wife
was taken with uterine hemorrhage. The best
styptics the physician could prescribe did not
check it tand she got more and more enfeebled.
She was troubled with Prolapsus Uteri, Leu
corrhea, numbness Of the limbs, sickness Of
the stomach and loss of appetite. I purchased
a trial bottle of your Vegetable Compound.
She said she could discover a salutary effect
rom the first dose Now she is comparative
ly free from Prolapsus, stomachs sickness,
&c. The hsmorrhage is very much better
less at the regular periods. Her appetite
is restored, and her general health and
strength are much improved. We feel that
we have been wonderfully benefited and our
hearts are drawn out in gratitude for the
same and in sympathy for other sufferers, for
whose sakes we allow our names to be used"
C. W. EATON, Thurston, N. Y.
The Compound is put up in Pill, Lozenge
and Liquid form. All sold by druggists. The
Pills and Lozenges sent by mail on receiptof
price.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-23
Useful Hints.

Wash the mica of the stove doors with
salt and vinegar.
To wash silk handkerchiefs, soak them
first in cold salt and water for ten min
utes or longer, then wash out in the same
water, and iron Immediately.
Sit down whenever you can find an op-
portunity. Many stand even when pre-
pairing vegetables for dinner, work that
is much easier performed sitting.
Do not attempt to dry calicos and ging-
hams out of doors at this season of the
year. Freezing causes the colors to fade
more quickly than anything else. Wash
and hang up to dry Immediately in gar
ret or kitchen.
You owe it to your children to care for
their teeth. Examine them to see if they
are coming in straight; if not, consult a
reliable dentist. Compel them, if neces-
sary, to clean their teeth regularly, and
have the second teeth filled at the first in
dications of decay.
The tartar which so generally accumu-
lates at the back of the teeth, forming
often thick crust, may speedily and ef-
fectually be removed by brushing it with
soft brush dipped in fresh flour Of
birthstone. After few applications the
tartar will crumble away.
Never allow the cups, bowls, plates,
knives, spoons, etc., which you use in the
dining room to do service in the kitchen.
Save the old ones for that purpose, or if
you have just begun housekeeping, buy
some cheaper ones for kitchen use. Any
article which is used in cooking will not
long be fit for table use.
Nothing is more susceptible to injury
than the flavor of coffee, and the recep.
tacle in which the beverage is made
should always be thoroughly scalded and
cleaned before each making. A porcelain.
lined pot is much preferable to any other
for coffee-making purposes, because it is
easier to keep clean.
To brighten and polish nickel-plating
and prevent rust, apply rouge with a lit
tie fresh lard or lard-oil on wash-leather
or piece of buckskin. Rub the bright
parts, using as little of the rouge and oil
as possible; wipe off with a clean rag
slightly oiled. Repeat the wiping every
day and the polishing as often as neces-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-23
He Had Been in State Prison.

A stranger entered an Austin saloon the
other evening, and after scowling at the
half-dozen sitters who were gathered
there, he said:
"Would you gentlemen object to TAX
ing drink with man what's been in
State prison9"
He was big, muscular fellow, with a
bad eye in his head, and he rested his
left elbow sort of careless on the bar, fac
ing the crowd, his right hand reached
playfully for his hip pocket.
All jumped quickly to their feet at the
invitation and advanced toward the
bar, exclaiming in chorus: "Certainly
not, stranger!"
"I'm proud to drink with you," said
the foremost man, grasping him warmly
by the hand. II don't think any less of
of man because he has been in State
prison. In fact, I've served seven years
in one myself"
81 have broke Jail in three States, "
said another; "yet amt proud. Give us
your hand"
II have never been in State prison, IRE
marked third, "but l don't know how
my case may turn out when they get
through with it up to the Court House.
1t looks pretty squally."
81 believe in giving man chance"
said fourth. 'Pvc got brother in the
Louisiana penitentiary, and 1 wouldn't
like to see folks give him the cold shoul-
der when he comes out"
'Many an innocent man goes to pris-
on" remarked a fifth man. 81 would
be there myself, l reckon, if the States
chief witness hadn't up and died just be-
fore the case came on. 1t was close call,
Itell you"
"Well," said the stranger, "since you
seem to be such hard lot by your own
confession, retire my invitation. IhaIe
been in State prison for several years, not
as prisoner, but as prison superintendent.
I will see you later, no doubt" and pay
ing for his single drink he departed, leav-
ing an inconsolable crowd behind.-1eras
Siftiu1s
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-23
Queen VictOria's Coach.

Messrs. Holmes, coscbmakc-s of Derby,
have just renovated state cc,ch belong
ing to the queen. 1t is one of the
queens six dress state coaches, and has
been made nearly equal to new for use
during the jubilee year. 1t is an exceed
ingly handsome vehicle. The armorial
bearings are of gold, as we'll ss the door
handles and the crest ond Order of st.
George on the roof. The carriage is
painted vsrmillicn, picked OFT with gold,
and the springs ard Ill the iron work arc
GILT. The doors aHd the back and front
arc ornamented with tie royal arms, and
the smaller parts have representations
upon them OF the Gown and garter and
the Order of st. George. Tie coach is
lined with blue silk, and 1900 leaves of
gold have been used in the decoration
C5.rt J0.nHul.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-23
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Recipes.

STEwED EELs.-Skin and clean, re-
moving all the fat from the inside; cut
into pieces less than two inches long;
stew slowly in cold salted water enough
to cover them, for one hour. Add then
one tablespoonful of flour, rubbed smooth
in cold water. Stir till it thickens well.
Serve hot in covered dish.
HAM AND Eaes.-Fry the ham quickly,
having previously soaked it for little
while in cold water. Place on a platter.
Drop into this hot fat, eggs from saucer,
so as not to break them. Let them cook
slowly, by dipping the hot fat over them.
Lay each one, as done, on the slices Of
ham. Garnish with parsley, and serve at
once.
FRIED HAsTY PUDDNG.-Frled hasty
pudding, hominy or oatmeal should be
boiled the day before, and get away in a
wet pan to stiffen. A deep, square pan
is the best. Cut in half-inch slices and
fry in lard or beef dripping until brown.
The corn meal will take fully half an
hour to brown. Serve hot with syrup or
molasses.
DUTCH CREAM TOAsT.-IaKe tne re-
mainder of some cooked ham, remove all
fat and dry in the oven until it will CRATE
like cheese. Make some buttered toast
and spread with the grated ham. Make
sauce with the yolks of two eggs, a gill
and half of cream, or of milk, with a
bit of butter added, heat, stir and pour
boiling hot over the toast.
BUBBLE AND SPEAK.-Take from a
round of beef, which has been well boiled
and cold, two or three slices, amounting
to about one pound to one and a half in
weight, two carrots which have been
boiled with the joint, in cold state, as
also the hearts of two boiled cabbages
that are cold. Cut the meat into small
dice-formed pieces, and chop up the
vegetables together; pepper and salt the
latter and fry them with the meat in a
pan, with quarter of pound of sweet
butter. When fully done add to the pan
in which the ingredients are fried, half a
gill of fresh catsup, and serve with
mashed potatoes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-23
How to Save Drowning People.

August Sundstrom, New York teach
er of swimming, in a talk with a Sun re-
porter about his art, said: "a useful bit
of swimming practice, and one that every
swimmer should perfect himself in is
handling in the water a person who can
not swim. To save a drowning person
YOU must prevent him from taking hold
of you. As you approach him, 60 under
water, and if he is faced toward you catch
him by the legs and twirl him around.
Then come up behind him and grasp him
by the collar or the hair at the back of the
head and flop him upon his back. To toe
him ashore, swim upon your back, usi ng
your feet and right hand for propulsion,
and drag him after you. If he does turn
and try to grasp you, hit him in the stom-
ach with your knee, and hit him hard.
If necessary, punch his head and stun him.
Do anything to break his hold if he grabs
you, because if you don't both of you will
drown.
"Two little chaps, the Riley twins,
about 7 years old, tumbled from raft
into deep water at Brooklyn dock one
day, grappled each other, and sank. I
happened to be near and dived after them
in my clothes. At the bottom I found
one holding fast to a pile and the other
clinging to him. I tried to pull them
away, but only sunk myself into the mud
with the effort, and had to go up for air.
The next time l dived to them, caught
them around their bodies, braced my feet
against the pile, and tore them loose.
Before they could get their death grasp
on me I had hand in the hair of each
and took them to the surface, and,
although they had been under water
nearly ten minutes, their lives were saved.
cit is of the utmost importance that
swimmer should know what to do in
such cases, and just how to tackle drown
ing people. If he does not 60 to work
the right way he will not only fail to save
anybody, but will lose his own life. AS
an exercise and amusement, swimming
will hold its own with any sport, and to
be proficient in it q man must be an ath-
I lctc, but every man and woman should
know how to swim for sclf-prcservation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-23
Last of the Buffalo.

1t is a sad thing to say, but the great
American bison is practically gone for
ever, writes William T. Hornaday. The
Pacific Railroad, the Sharps rifle, and
mans Unsuitable destructiveness have done
their work, and the noblest ruminant of
them all has gone down before them.
The lcadcn hail of the breech-loader has
swept the millions of buffaloes from the
face of the earth before single strong
hand has been raised to stop the meEciless
Slaughter To look back upon the buffa-
loes as they were few years ago only
adds to our regret Tor their fate; but it
may serve to point moral very strongly
in the direction OF our few remaining elk,
deer, antelope and mountain sheep.
Here, then is the history, in brief, of the
eXtermiration of oEr Siandest and most
valuable American mammal:
Twenty years ago buffaioes swarmcd in
countless thousands over the whole of the
great pasture region of the Wcst-trom
the Saskatchewan to southern Texas, and
eastward from the Rocky Mountains to
the border of civilization. Their number
was estimated variously at fIom six to ten
millions, and later figures have proven
that the former was by no means over the
actual fact. Within the memory of man
or the limits of history, so far as know,
no other sp:cics of ouadr'lped has ever
existed on the earth in such mighty multi
tudcs as did Bos Americanus twenty years
ago. Often and often have plainsmen
said to me, in speaking of former times ::
''The whole country was literary black
with buffaloes us far as the eye could see !!
Every hill was covered and every hollow
was full" There were thousands Of
square miles of them, and when big herd
was encountered travelling it seemed ac-
tually interminable. One that l knew of
was fire hours in passing given point in
solid column, ten to twenty abreast" on
a dead rum" Trains on the first railway
built a;7o:s the plairs were sometimes
stopped fer hours at a time by thousands
of bafEaloes swarming on the track, and
travellers have gone over O hundred and
twenty miles Of territory through an al
most unbroken herd. In al that we have
read of the marvellous abundance of wild
animals on the plains of South Central
Africa, even the most exaggerated ac-
counts fall far below what we actually
know of the presence of the buffalo in
the United States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-23

thing of that kind when say that eti-
quette is destined to make itself so
prominent as a part of official life at
Washington that plain American citi,
zen, with a small bag Of sulphur tied
around his neck and o conscious
ness of rectitude in his heart and q
smooth potato in his pocket to keep OF
rheumatism, will be seen there no. more.
Other nations have given themselves
over to the false joys of etiquette and
where are they to-day2 Empires, powers,
and principalities have in former times
forgotten their duty to the common peo-
pie in order that they might devote them
selves to the R. S. V. P. and P. P. G.
business, or that they might work a
wedge of custard pie under a big red
mustache by means of four-tined fork,
and where are they now9 Other and more
democratic nations, who drank their tea
from saucer with great satisfaction and
low, purring sound, have conquered
them. Chicago Neaos.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-23
No Sign of Swcetn ess.

"There is a young man in the parlor
wishes to see you. MISS" remarked the
hall door attendant at a downtown resi-
dence.
"Did he bring anything with him-any
box or parcel9"
"Only cane, miss"
'tDid his coat tail rattle when he
walked, as if there was a package Of
candy in his pocket?"
"Nothing of the sort, miss"
''Then tell him I've gone to visit a sick
friend and won't be home for a week, "
replied the fair girl, falling back into a
horizontal position, and resuming her
perusal of "Truth Stranger than Fic-
,tion; or, The Liar Unmasked. ~ Clinton
lBugk.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-23
A Physicians Experience in Persia.

At last, in remote suburb, we came to
the house of the Synd. A ragged fellow,
the door-kecper, looked at us super
ciliously. I followed the guide, though
he had failed to give the usual invitation
to enter. Through the vast house we
went-bare enough for q caravanserai,
and big enough too. At last we reached
an empty room. There was no carpet, no
sign of chair or seat. flung myself upon
the raised window ledge, astonished and
indignant; for discourtesy is rare indeed
in Persia. The guide disappeared; there
was a dead silerce, only broken by the
hum of a wasp or blue-bottle. Time
passed on; and at length I became i'm
patient, and began to shout at the full
pitch of my voice. Thereupon the guide
returned precipitately. "You mustn't do
that" said he, "you'll wake the lord!"
"Plcase heaven I shall. Hoy hoy!" The
servants manner changed, and he pro-
ceedcd to conduct me to the holy mans
apartment, a plain room and almost
sordid. The saint was polite enough in
his speech; but he did not rise on his
visitors entrance, nor did he even offer
cushion to the infdel doctor. Now, to
stand would be to put myself in the po-
sition of a servant or a suppliant; so
flung myself at full length upon the car.
pets. Hereupon the holy man pretended
that his want of civility had been unin-
territorial. Then the doctor saw his pa
tient-that is, piece of her. A young
lady thrust plump arm out from under
large veil. Then, taking care that
nought but her lips should be visible, she
put out her tongue. A prescription was
written and retired, having been well
laughed at by crowd of yelled women
who formed the hadji's seraglio.-St.
Jamcs's Gazette.